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Ambrose, Grenkov

AMBROGIO, GRENKOV

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Also known as: Amvrosii Optinskii, Amvrosy Optinsky, Амвросий Оптинский

AMBROSE, GRENKOV. - Hieromonk of the famous dissident monastery of Optina-Pustyn near Kozelsk in central Russia, b. in 1812, d. in 1891. He was the last of a series of great startsy, much visited by the faithful of every class. Although sickly for many decades, he still had the strength to found a convent at Samordino, where he died.

Bibliography

BIBL.: A. M. Ammann, Storia della Chiesa Ruzia, Turin 1948, pp. 486-87.

Alberto M. Ammann

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By Alberto Maria Ammann

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 1001.

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Ammann, Alberto Maria. “Ambrogio, grenkov.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 1001. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/ambrogio-grenkov.

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Ammann, Alberto Maria. “Ambrogio, grenkov.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 1001. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/ambrogio-grenkov.

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@incollection{ec1_ambrogio_grenkov,
  author    = {Ammann, Alberto Maria},
  title     = {Ambrogio, grenkov},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {1001},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/ambrogio-grenkov}
}

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